Word: pass
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...brains, is a unique sense of purpose; we must exist for a reason, we think. William Wharton's soaring Birdy is about that sense of purpose. Birdy and Al--the novel's heroes--come to realize life is a game worth playing, not merely a block of time to pass away. They force their minds...
...month ago opinion polls showed voters favoring devolution by almost 2 to 1. In the end, barely 33% of the eligible voters had said yes to the plan, while 31% had said no. Since 40% of all those registered to vote had to approve if devolution were to pass, the proposal was defeated...
Appealing to local pride, the Scottish Nationalists argued that if devolution failed to pass, Scotland would "be good for nothing more than to tart up a few British ceremonies." But the antidevolution forces, led by the Conservative Party, mounted a late-blooming campaign that focused on an even more basic Scottish instinct: they charged that the cost of home rule would be quickly felt in the form of higher taxes. Some Scots also began to ponder the fact that devolution might lead to the breakup of the United Kingdom, which none but the most extreme nationalists want...
...That would lead at a minimum to a halfpoint jump in consumer prices because oil is used not only for fuel but also as a raw material in chemicals, synthetic fibers and many other products. Rising fuel charges also will prod workers to demand more pay, which businessmen will pass on in higher prices. And as more dollars flow abroad, the greenback's value will tend to slump against other currencies, and Americans will wind up paying more for imports. The impact on the U.S. trade deficit, which last year reached a record $28.5 billion, will also be severe...
Most of Stephen Sondheim's score matches the best competition-Stephen Sondheim. However, Broadway's Uris Theater is the worst place to hear his intricately clever lyrics. As a tractor factory, the cavernous Uris might pass muster, but as a theater, no. Irony is Sondheim's razor, and its cutting edge is equally present in bittersweet ballads (Pretty Women, Johanna) or in A Little Priest, an antic account of what kinds of pies the varying professions taste like ("Here's a politician so oily/ It's served with a doily...